Ah. Now I understand.
Here are my thoughts. YMMV:
The approach I would take is to first look at the Zabbix integrations with alerting and notification systems here
https://www.zabbix.com/integrations?cat=notifications_alerting . I would then look at the customer's environment to see if they already own a tool that's listed there or one that could do what they want. Something like MS Power BI might actually do what they need, for example. Or maybe they already own ServiceNow or some other product with event management capabilities. If you're certain they don't already own such a tool, I would look in that list for any free/OSS tools, or ones with free trials to give them a try.
From your experience with IBM's current offering, I think it would be a very long path to get to a working demo with the Netcool products.
Original Message:
Sent: 8/3/2023 9:47:00 AM
From: thierry granier
Subject: RE: tivoli enterprise console replacement
Hi Franck,
a customer asked me to study a tool to delete, modify, etc... Zabbix events because they are too much and nothing is readeble. I thought immediatly to Tivoli and the TEC. the customer has no access to IBM World.
Regards
Thierryt
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Original Message:
Sent: Thu August 03, 2023 08:09 AM
From: Frank Tate
Subject: tivoli enterprise console replacement
Hi Thierry,
I can't give you the software, and the only way I know of to get it (other than buying a license as a customer) is through IBM's Partner Plus program. If you're working for a client, they should have the software installed or at least have access to it.
Why do you need the Netcool software? Are you working on something for a client or a POC that requires it? If so, the customer could give you access to the software, since this would (in my opinion) fall under a "development environment" designation, which has no additional charge for customers. If you just need some kind of event correlation engine, there's the Simple Event Correlator
http://simple-evcorr.github.io/ that you could download and use.
I'm not sure what that link is - it just takes me to my company profile on IBM.
Frank
Frank Tate
MBA, PMP, CISSP
CEO, Gulfsoft Consulting
ph: 304-376-6183
Original Message:
Sent: 8/3/2023 8:01:00 AM
From: thierry granier
Subject: RE: tivoli enterprise console replacement
i have Zabbix server installed and 3 computers with the Zabbix agent but that's all.
i have no Netcool product installed and i don't have any access to install any.
here are my personnal data :https://www-112.ibm.com/software/howtobuy/passportadvantage/homepage/paocustomer
thanks
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thierry granier
international consultant
Independant consultant
+33685553489
Original Message:
Sent: Thu August 03, 2023 07:38 AM
From: Frank Tate
Subject: tivoli enterprise console replacement
I assume you have Zabbix installed. What Netcool components do you have installed and/or have access to install?
Original Message:
Sent: 8/3/2023 7:34:00 AM
From: thierry granier
Subject: RE: tivoli enterprise console replacement
Hi, Franck,
thanks a lot for your help. I can't download NOI .
I ask you again your help.
Best regards
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thierry granier
international consultant
Independant consultant
+33685553489
Original Message:
Sent: Thu August 03, 2023 06:05 AM
From: Frank Tate
Subject: tivoli enterprise console replacement
Yes. I would send the Zabbix alert out using a script:
https://www.zabbix.com/documentation/current/en/manual/config/notifications/media/script . To receive that in Netcool, you would need to configure the Probe for Message Bus, which can be configured as an HTTP/S receiver. That would receive the alert and insert it as an event into the ObjectServer, at which point it would be visible in the Netcool console. The console can be the fat client or JazzSM/DASH, which is a part of solution that provides web-based access to the Netcool console.
Frank Tate
MBA, PMP, CISSP
CEO, Gulfsoft Consulting
ph: 304-376-6183
Original Message:
Sent: 8/3/2023 3:44:00 AM
From: thierry granier
Subject: RE: tivoli enterprise console replacement
Hi Frank,
y purpose is to get all Zabbix events and to use the correlation engine of NOI on these events.
Is it possible?
Zabbix event ----> correlation engine ---> Netcool console OR Zabbix Console
Regards
Thierry
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thierry granier
international consultant
Independant consultant
+33685553489
Original Message:
Sent: Tue August 01, 2023 10:18 AM
From: Frank Tate
Subject: tivoli enterprise console replacement
Welcome back, Thierry!
For on-prem, the replacement is OMNIbus plus Impact. OMNIbus consists of the ObjectServer (the SQL-based event repository with triggers that can do simple correlations), probes (event receivers and "pullers", depending on the probe), and gateways (used primarily to send event information to some other system, like Remedy, for example). Impact runs in a JVM and is the high-powered event enrichment and correlation engine. Its big function is the ability to access any number of external data sources (whereas OMNIbus can generally only access its own database and local files).
As you can imagine, the actual structure is completely different from TEC, though the concepts of "event correlation and enrichment" are similar.
One catch is that neither of these products are purchasable individually. They are bundled with the Netcool Operations Insight package.
There are lots of other details, but that is the basic answer.
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Frank Tate
Gulfsoft Consulting
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Original Message:
Sent: Tue August 01, 2023 09:45 AM
From: thierry granier
Subject: tivoli enterprise console replacement
hi,
i was an Tivoli expert 12 years ago. specially in Tivoli enterprise console. id like to know how TEC has been replaced.
I don't understand; it it JBoss or NetcoolOnibus?
Thanks
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thierry granier
international consultant
Independant consultant
+33685553489
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